Button Flower Latin Name. Hardy perennial ground cover. If the flower faded too quickly it was taken as a sign that the mans love was not returned.
A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and womens complaints. Needs moist well-drained soil. The Latin name of the genus means head.
Class 6 Pompon A small globular bloom somewhat flat when young but fully round when mature.
Chrysanthemum mums Chrysanths Pompon varieties Button poms pom poms Scientific Name. Gardenia jasminoides Buttons Cape Jasmine is a small evergreen shrub with glossy lance-shaped dark green leaves and intensely fragrant semi-double white flowers 2 in. It was new to me. Centratherum punctatum Strolling through the Botanical Garden the other day I spied a healthy happy blue flowered plant growing in a hot relatively dry corner of the garden.